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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1898)
8 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JA N U A R Y C, 1898. To Raise Five Thousand Dollars Mi^s M illioru .has returned to the for the U niversity. Univei>it\ after l aving spent the ImJidass at her h<*me in Ju nction Man, Mr. P, C. Mosier, of Eli- ( ’jiy. nois, will give $50.00, provid- , I he 5 . I . 8. S. C. has h u t tw o ed th a t more meetings this term, and then more men («>r women) we will know which side has the will give »h»- same larger num ber of points. W h e re are am ount. If you c a n ’t spare fifty dollars the ninety and nine? yourself, do you know of anyone who can,to help alon Mr. Mosier’s N EW S AND NOTES. plan of raising five thousand dollars J. E. Hosm er lectures at Liberal f,„- U niversity with one-hun- H all S u n d ay evening. Idred men? I School reconvened la-t M onday with an increased attendance and the stu d en ts are all dilligently at work. Ify o ti want any inform ation in regard to Silverton or an y th in g else (jo t hesitate to address the West- ern Inform ation Bureau and E x change, whose ad appears on the sixth page of this issue. . . . . LITTLE POINTS. No m an ever spake as Socrates spake and yet no one supposes th at he was divine. 1R A C T S OF Scientific Wisdom . EDITED BY Put up a b ra z e n serpent and look E L IZ A M O W R Y B L IV E N at it, C hristians. It might cure you C ontaining condensed arg u m en ts in j... of your faith disease. voi of Moral S ecu larism and Right Living, and against S u p e rsti tio n , Im m o rality and In tem p eran ce. J UST T H E T H IN G We wish some one would give us the power to east out the “dum b devils”. If those who are dum b hand to your C h ristia n friends. Pub would speak,the people would won to lished m onthly at $1.00 per y ar t5o trac ts each m o n th ), bv der at the growth of Secularism . W ouldn’t it b e a great blessing if a subtle snake, or some other sm art preacher, would talk to the ortho dox Eves of our time and tell them to eat of the tree of knowledge and be wise? THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO., Silverton . . . Oregon M 'M ILLAN & PITTMAN W e do not w ant o er Liberal friends to forget th at we are Wliv should Eve have obeyed a anxious to do job work for them no Miss K ate DePeat t, who has god, and not the devil-snake? She m atter where they live. been quite ill for the past two didn't know which was lying, any -All kinds of choice- We are sorry to h arn of the weeks, is able to 1»«' out again and more than modern C hristians do. I death of H enry M. Tala r of New will soon go to her home in Ash- Some think to this day th a t God ...F R E S H M E A T ... York, a brilliant Lib< ral w riter and land, Ore., where she will remain lied and the snake told the tru th . Always on h an d and sold at u n til she regains her health. She J H um anity has so loved pr«,giess au th o r of F aith or Fact. will then return to her work at the th at it produced Brunos, Painse, S ta n d a rd “ The Crucifixion of Science” is P rice s. Liberal University. Ingersolls, th a t whosoever useth th e title o f the lecture at Liberal The following students entered reason as these great men have, We pay the highest price H all S undav evening. A cordial our school • last M onday: Guy may not live in vain hut have invitation is extended to all. C ash fo r F a t S to c k . Mount .Johnnie T h u rm an , andSam - eternal inlluence t " r good. The publisher'' of the F irebrand, ----Give U s a C a ll___ uel Klieu of Silverton, and Annie The bible is too obscene to be the of Portland, Oregon, I ave been con Cline of Mt. Angel, in the prepara word of a good god. The bible is victed of the crime of sending <>b- .. . T H E . . . tory course, a i d M argaret Fisher. too superstitious to he the word of scen literatu re through the mail. Dottie Fisher, and Rosen Ames in an educated god. The bible is too They have not been s<*nteuced yet. the vocal music departm ent. contradictory to be the word of a Dr. Stoll, our friend in Iowa, has Mr. Lionel A. Johnson of Vale, truthful god. The bible is too old 0 0 A W E E K LY PAPER n 0 „ kindlv sent us two pictures of him -i 0 0 0 „ ,, * , .. . , • ... ( )r< gon, m ade us a very pleasant to be the word of an up-to-date god. FO R C H IL D R E N .’ .’ .- ° ° self and Inend m r e lig io u s a r g u - ' 1 Ih e L ittle C andle co n tain s m oral and m ent, in which Dr. S. is represent <all M onday and identified himself The Old T estam ent is not your hygie dc stories and lessons, letters from ed as having the I» st of the a rg u with the O. S. S. U. He is well guide? The New Test am ent is for young folks and lessons for Secular S un m ent, as eao he told hv the glowing pleas« <1 with the Ethical Basis and modern C hristians to square their day Schools. It co n tain s nothing super stitio u s, and is ju st th e th in g for chil let Is ct rtain of the success of the smile on his face. lives by? Well, one of the old dren, no m a tte r of w hat belief. If you 1 nion. He expects to graduate have no Secular S unday school th a t you M any of our readers are sending from thn A gricultural College at hooks says th a t “ wine is a mocker; can a tte n d , subscribe for th e L ittle C an strong drink is raging: and whoso dle ami have a Sunday school in your us the nam es of tin ir Secular Corvallis in ,Iu ie. ever is deceived thereby is not own hom e. friends along with the renewals for F a r Y e a r . . 2 5 CBnts. wise'’; and one of the new books the T orch . T h at is what we want. U n iversity Fund. THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY COMPANY, says “drink no longer water, hut SILVERTON Send us the nam es and we will OREGON. use a little wine for thy stom ach’s 'fh e am ount given in this fundj gladly send sam ple copies of our is actual cash paid in. regardless of sake”. C hrist dran k wine. We S IL V E R T O N ... paper. what has been prom ised: thought you were tem perance peo J u s t as we go to p re s s , we hear Previously acknowledged, $554 55 ple. 1.50 of the death of Mr. S. C. Adam s of J. G. F rancis, Oregon 1.00 Salem Oregon. Mr. Adam s was an F. V anH oeter, Oregon Jo h n S. H olm an, Illinois 1.001 A woman writer whose hooks early Oregon pioneer, a good m an, M. Otis, Oregon 1.00 have attain ed a world-wide fame .. .A r t is t ic W ork os I ' says that her m other determ ined and a staunch Liberal, whose writ- C lare G. Stoll, Iowa .20 ings have l»«en published in the Mrs. M. M. T urner, Texas 1.00 j th a t her children should know- R uth E retteli, S. Dakota 1.00' three things well. They were the W hen you w ant a .... T och o f r e a s o n ami «• her period Good S m o o th S h a v e icals. w ork . m ajor and m inor scales, the m ulti Chas. \\ ilson, Oregon Or a F irst-C lass........ 10.00 4 plication table and to speak the The stu d en ts at the Liberal Uni- ---«J ' • M -— A — T — E R — IA L , KT«’ H air-C u t versify are given «-verv opportunity ! I>,evt°usly acknowledged, $254.50 tru th . ------------«'ALL ON------------- to read all sides of the great qties- (lum ber) 10 (X) SILVERTON tions of the day. Our exchanges, I _________ ___ _ E. E. T A Y L O R which consist of a great variety of < * * * periodicals of all descriptions, are CrtpL D' L; BrM' nar,1> >n charge S ilv e r t o n , - - O regon placed in the lib rary for the use of ° f th e ' uPP,ie8 of the governm ent AND . . V I . . . . -- relief expedition, __ «... . has ar- Klondike the students. There is no reason why they should n -t be well in- Ht V*nconver, W ashington, formed. 1 aU(i opened the bids for furnishing supplies, to be delivered at the head The Blue G rass Blade, m ade of Lynn canal on F ebruary 1st. fam ous by C. C. M oojeof K entucky, GEORGE SECREST, PR O PR IETO R . )Cavea:% and Trade-M arks obtained and all Fu'. . for its advocacy of Infidelity, p r o - 1 B alloting for Senator ( io rm an ’s tent business conducted for M O D E R A T E F e e s . * j O ur O f f ic e is O p p o s it e U . S . P a t e n t o f f ic e ' hibition and profanity, has sl]g. >«ccessor will begin in the M ary- la:. J we can st' ure patent in less time than tu [remote from W ashingtoa. 7 pended and from H e rem ains has ,and legis,ature next W ednesday, e . S cad model, draw ing o r photo., with dc- J ption. \ \ e advise, if patentable or not, free of J A ll kinds of Laundry Work been started the C incinnatti F re e ' Two cruisers for Ja p a n will he w {charge. O ur fee not due till patent is secured. 7 B utchers — B arber Shop LAUNDRY BATH ROOMS t O pinion, wnich is published under launched in our shipyards next the auspices of ihe Ohio Liberal m o nth, with a contract speed of Society. tw enty-tw o knots. neatly •7 done. 7 A P am ph l e t , “ He w to Obtain Patents," with j •cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries, {sent free. Address, 7 Orders from a distance given prompt attention. C .A .S N O W & C O .;